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Title: This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History by T. R. Fehrenbach, Gordon Sullivan ISBN: 1-57488-259-7 Publisher: Brassey's Inc Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I hope this book NEVER goes out of print.
Comment: I read THIS KIND OF WAR almost 20 years ago. It stays with me as one of the best and most important books I've ever read.
Fehrenbach was, as another reader-reviewer says, too close to the story to write with the objectivity he later displayed in his excellent histories of Texas, Mexico, and the Comanches. But that kind of detachment will show up in other histories by different authors. What Fehrenbach gives us is the view of someone whom was there, and whom witnessed it all from the inside -- confusion, complacency, cowardice, stupidity, valor.
I'm very glad that this book is so popular in the Army and Air Force. I hope it continues to be read, and learned from. I just wish it were a standard high school textbook, both to let our youth know why we should stay out of war when we can, and what we MUST do when we are in one.
Not a perfect book, but a necessary one for those whom would understand the nature and requirements of war.
Rating: 5
Summary: Learn the untold story of the Korean War
Comment: This is a timeless classic on warfare and how America responds to armed conflict. No other book that I've read during my 12 years in the Army has described battle, its effects on soldiers, and the hardships of warfare so well. If you only read one book about the Korean War this should be it. Written before Vietnam, the book foretells some of the problems of that war with eerie accuracy. I found myself shaking my head as I read similiarities between the pre-Korean army and the active army today
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Single-Volume History of the Korean War
Comment: This is without a doubt the best single-volume history of the Korean War. Fehrenbach did a great job. He not only had the foresight to include an informative glossary of weapons but also a final chapter on "lessons learned." It's too bad our nation's enlightened policy makers haven't learned from the mistakes of their predecessors. As for the question of "typos", I've an older copy so I can't honestly comment on the the newer editions. All things considered, it's a peerless and important work.
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Title: Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer ISBN: 0061030864 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Korean War: The Story and Photographs by Donald M. Goldstein, Harry J. Maihafer ISBN: 1574882171 Publisher: Brassey's Inc Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway ISBN: 0679411585 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950-1953 by Clay Blair Jr. ISBN: 1591140757 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 31 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 by Roy Edgar Appleman ISBN: 0890964653 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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